FENS Forum 2008 - Geneva - For posters, morning sessions: 9:30-13:30; afternoon sessions 13:30- 17:30.   Authors are expected to be in attendance at their posters at the time indicated. - For other sessions, time indicates the beginning and end of the sessions. - Click on the abstract number to view/print the abstract.

List of poster sessions

Poster presentation 1 - Session 015 - Sunday 13/07/2008, 09:30-13:30 Hall 1 C: Aging 015.1. Poster board C20 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Aiyaz M., Jennert-Burston K. & Yeoman M. Pharm Bio Mol. Sci, Brighton, UK - SNAILS - A MODEL FOR AGEING RESEARCH? 015.2. Poster board C21 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Balasko M., Petervari E., Garami A., Pakai E., Soos S. Z. & Szekely M. Dept. Pathophysiol. Geront., Pecs, Hungary - AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN PARAMETERS OF ENERGY BALANCE UPON CENTRAL ALPHA-MSH INFUSION. 015.3. Poster board C22 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Ben Abdallah N. M. B., Slomianka L., Vyssotski A. L. & Lipp H. P. Anat. Inst., Zurich, Switzerland - EARLY AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN ADULT HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS IN C57BL/6J MICE. 015.5. Poster board C24 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Del Valle J. (1), Pallàs M. (2), Camins A. (2), Vilaplana J. (1) & Pelegrí C. (1) (1) Dept. Fisiologia (Farmàcia), Universitat de Barcelona., Barcelona, Spain; (2) Unitat Farmacologia i Farmacognòsia (Farmàcia), UB., Barcelona, Spain - A NEW METHOD TO DETERMINE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER INTEGRITY BASED ON INTRACARDIAC PERFUSION OF AN EVANS BLUE - HOECHST COCKTAIL. 015.7. Poster board C26 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Döhner J. (1), Kocherhans S. (1), Meyer U. (2), Sidler C. (1), Fritschy J. M. (1) & Knuesel I. (1) (1) University of Zurich, Inst. Pharma. Toxicol., Zurich, Switzerland; (2) ETH Zurich, Lab. Behav. Neurobiol., Zurich, Switzerland - ENHANCING REELIN IMMUNOREACTIVITY BY PARTIAL PEPSIN DIGESTION: A TOOL FOR ANALYZING AMYLOID-LIKE DEPOSITS IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL AGING. 015.8. Poster board C27 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Downer E. J. (1), Cowley T. R. (1), Berezin V. (2), Bock E. (2) & Lynch M. A. (1) (1) Trinity College Inst. for Neurosci, Physiology Dept., Dublin, Ireland; (2) Pro. Lab., Inst. of Neuroscience and Pharmacol., Copenhagen, Denmark - UNRAVELLING THE ROLE OF THE NCAM-DERIVED MIMETIC PEPTIDE, FGL, AS A NOVEL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT IN HIPPOCAMPUS OF AGED RATS. 015.9. Poster board C28 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Filipek A., Schneider G., Mietelska A., Figiel I. & Niewiadomska G. Nencki Inst. Exp. Biol., Warsaw, Poland - AGE-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN NEURONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE CACYBP/SIP PROTEIN. 015.10. Poster board C29 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Grehan B. (1), Kelly L. C. (1), O’Reilly J. A. (1), Piazza A. (1), Byrne S. J. (2), Gun’Ko Y. K. (2) & Lynch M. A. (1) (1) Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin, Ireland; (2) School of Chemistry and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland - EVIDENCE OF PARALLEL CHANGES IN MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION AND PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY IN AGED AND AMYLOID BETA-TREATED RATS. 015.11. Poster board C30 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Hubbard P., Zafar A., Nagy S. & Nagy Z. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK - AN INCREASED RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS ON CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR GENES. 015.12. Poster board C31 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Ingram C. & Li F. Inst. Neurosci. Newcastle Univ., Newcastle, UK - AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE GENE EXPRESSION IN THE RAT GABAERGIC SYSTEM. 015.13. Poster board C32 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Kelly L. C., Cowley T. R. & Lynch M. A. Trinity College Ins. of Neurosci., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland - AGE AND LPS INDUCE CHANGES IN ACTIVITY OF CASPASES AND SPHINGOMYELINASE: NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID AND DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID. 015.14. Poster board C33 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Knuesel I., Sidler C. & Fritschy J. M. Inst. Pharmacol. Toxicol., University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - ACCUMULATION OF REELIN IN PLAQUES-LIKE DEPOSITS IN THE HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECLINE IN BASAL FOREBRAIN PROJECTION NEURONS DURING NORMAL AGING. 015.15. Poster board C34 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Kranz F. L. (1), Mueggler T. (1), Knobloch M. (2), Nitsch R. M. (2) & Rudin M. (1, 3) (1) Inst. for Biomedical Engineering, UZH&ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland; (2) Division of Psychiatry Research, UZH, Zurich, Switzerland; (3) Inst. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UZH, Zurich, Switzerland - ASSESSMENT OF CEREBROVASCULAR REACTIVITY AS A FUNCTION OF AGE IN A TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE DISPLAYING SIGNIFICANT VASCULAR AMYLOID PATHOLOGY USING FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. 015.16. Poster board C35 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Labrousse V. (1), Acar N. (2), Grégoire S. (2), Costes L. (1), Bretillon L. (2) & Layé S. (1) (1) Lab. PsyNuGen UMR INRA-1286 CNRS-5226, Bordeaux, France; (2) Eye and Nutrition Research Group, UMR1129 FLAVIC, INRA, Dijon, France - SHORT TERM N-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID (PUFA) SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES WORKING MEMORY AND HIPPOCAMPAL CYTOKINE EXPRESSION IN AGED MICE. 015.17. Poster board C36 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Mazurkiewicz M., Mietelska A., Gasiorowska A. & Niewiadomska G. Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland - ADMINISTRATION OF CLENBUTEROL, A BETA-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONIST, ATTENUATES AGE-DEPENDENT LEARNING DEFICIT IN RATS. 015.18. Poster board C37 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Mietelska A., Gasiorowska A., Mazurkiewicz M. & Niewiadomska G. Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland - DIMINISHED AXONAL TRANSPORT IN THE SENESCENT RAT SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL PHENOMENON OF THE ENTIRE BRAIN. 015.19. Poster board C38 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Papandreou M. (1), Lamari F. (2), Cordopatis P. (2) & Margarity M. (1) (1) Lab. Human & Animal Physiol., Dept. Biol., Uni. Patras, Patras, Greece; (2) Lab. Pharmacogn. & Chem. Natural Products, Dept. Pharm., Patras, Greece - IN VIVO EFFECTS OF CROCUS SATIVUS IN MICE BRAIN: ANTI-ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE, ANTI-OXIDANT AND MEMORY ENHANCING ACTIVITIES. 015.20. Poster board C39 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Perez-Cruz C. (1), Janson B. (2), Kirchhoff F. (1) & Ebert U. (2) (1) Max Planck Inst. of Exp. Medicine, Goettingen, Germany; (2) Abbott Laboratories, Ludwigshafen, Germany - SYNAPTIC DEFICITS IN THE APP TRANSGENIC MOUSE STRAIN TG2576 DEVELOP EARLY IN LIFE AND ARE HIGHLY REGIONAL SPECIFIC. 015.21. Poster board C40 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Petervari E., Balasko M., Cseplo P., Soos S. Z. & Szekely M. Dept. Pathophysiol. Geront., Pecs, Hungary - AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN FOOD INTAKE UPON ACUTE CENTRAL ALPHA-MSH-ADMINISTRATION. 015.22. Poster board C41 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Ramirez-Exposito M. J. (1), Cobo-Aceituno M. P. (1, 2), Arias De Saavedra J. M. (2), Perez-Miranda M. C. (1, 2) & Martinez-Martos J. M. (1) (1) Exp. Clin. Physiopathol. Res. Group. University of Jaen, Jaen, Spain; (2) Complejo Hospitalario de Jaen, Jaen, Spain - AGE-RELATED AMINO ACIDS PROFILE IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF AWAKE RATS. 015.23. Poster board C42 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Ricny J. (1), Kristofikova Z. (1), Kozmikova I. (1), Hovorkova P. (1), Majer E. (2), Selinger P. (3) & Ripova D. (1) (1) Prague Psychiatric Centre, Prague, Czech Republic; (2) PATOL s. r. o., Prague, Czech Republic; (3) University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic - LATERALIZATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL NITRIC OXIDE MEDIATOR SYSTEM IN PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER DISEASE, MULTI-INFARCT DEMENTIA AND SCHIZOPHRENIA. 015.24. Poster board C43 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Ross J. M. (1, 2), Brené S. (2), Terzioglu M. (3), Trifunovic A. (3), Larsson N. G. (3), Hoffer B. J. (1) & Olson L. (2) (1) The National Inst. of Health, NIDA, Baltimore, USA; (2) Karolinska Inst., Dept. of Neurosci., Stockholm, Sweden; (3) Karolinska Inst., Dept. of Lab. Med., Stockholm, Sweden - HOW ELEVATED LEVELS OF SOMATIC MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA MUTATIONS MAY TRANSLATE TO AGE-RELATED FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN THE CNS. 015.25. Poster board C44 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Roussel B. D. (1, 2), Macrez R. (1, 2), Agin V. (1, 2), Maubert E. (1, 2), Castel H. (1, 2), Jullienne A. (1, 2), Hommet Y. (1, 2), Montaner J. (3), Yepes M. (4), Ali C. (1, 2) & Vivien D. (1, 2) (1) INSERM U919 SP2U, Caen, France; (2) UMR CNRS 6232 CINAPS, Caen, France; (3) Neurovascular Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; (4) Dept of Neurology and Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Atlanta, USA - DOES TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN OUR BRAIN AGES? 015.26. Poster board C45 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Sieber M. W. (1, 2), Guenther M. (1), Kohl M. (3), Witte O. W. (1), Claus R. A. (2) & Frahm C. (1) (1) Departments of Neurology, University Hospital, FSU, Jena, Germany; (2) Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, FSU, Jena, Germany; (3) Mathematical Statistics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany - INTER-AGE VARIABILITY OF BONA FIDE UNVARIED TRANSCRIPTS - NORMALIZATION OF QUANTITATIVE PCR DATA IN ISCHEMIC STROKE. 015.27. Poster board C46 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Simon N. W., Lasarge C., Williams M., Montgomery I. A., Setlow B. & Bizon J. Texas A&M University, College Station, USA - IMPULSIVE CHOICE IS ATTENUATED WITH AGE IN FISCHER 344 RATS. 015.28. Poster board C47 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Torp R. (1), Nase G. (1), Helm P. J. (1), Nuntagij P. (1), Oguchi T. (1), Ottersen O. P. (1), Nilsson L. G. (2) & Lannfelt L. (2) (1) Centre for Mol. Biol. and Neuroscience, Oslo, Norway; (2) Dept. of Public Health / Mol. Geriatrics, Uppsala, Sweden - BLOODFLOW DYNAMICS IN A MOUSE MODEL WITH CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY. 015.29. Poster board C48 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Vilaplana J. (1), Del Valle J. (1), Canudas A. M. (2), Camins A. (2), Pallàs M. (2) & Pelegrí C. (1) (1) Dept. Fisiologia (Farmàcia), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; (2) Unitat Farmacologia i Farmacognòsia (Farmàcia), UB., Barcelona, Spain - IGG PERMEABILITY OF BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER IS INCREASED IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF AGED SAMP8 MICE. 015.30. Poster board C49 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Yeoman M., Johnson E. & Dolphin K. Univ of Brighton, Brighton, UK - COMPENSATORY DECREASES IN SEROTONIN RE-UPTAKE CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SYNAPTIC FUNCTION IN THE AGED CNS. 015.31. Poster board C50 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Zglimbea D. (1), Gusti S. (2), Gusti A. (3), Ciobanu A. (4), Coteanu M. (5), Tapu M. (4) & Nicolaescu A. (4) (1) Family Physician, Craiova, Romania; (2) Dep of Physiology, Univ of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania; (3) Dep. of Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education, Craiova, Romania; (4) Dep. of Neurology, Clinical Neuropsychiatry Hospital, Craiova, Romania; (5) Dep. of Neurology, County Hospital, Slatina, Romania - ULTRASONOGRAFIC EVALUATION OF COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES TO A LOT OF AGED PEOPLE, BEFORE AND AFTER MEDICAL TREATMENT AND GYMNASTICS.

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